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#*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨   IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST   ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*#
####%*=«~¨   WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE   ¨~«=*%####
#*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*#
####%*=«~¨   RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU   ¨~«=*%####
#*=~~¨¨¨¨¨     ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE    ¨¨¨¨¨~~=*#
####%*=«~¨    FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND    ¨~«=*%####
####%*=«~¨        JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE,        ¨~«=*%####
####%*=«~¨     AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE,     ¨~«=*%####
#**==«««~¨  ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOT GARDENS AND   ¨~«««==**#
#%%%*«~¨¨¨  WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A ¨¨¨~«*%%%#
#%*«««¨¨¨¨     FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND      ¨¨¨¨«««*%#
###%**=«~¨   EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A   ¨~«=**%###
#%%==~¨¨¨¨            HOLE IN THE FENCE.            ¨¨¨¨~==%%#
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####%*=«~¨ GO  INSIDE. WELL, IT'S HOLLOW, AND HIDES ¨~«=*%####
####%*=«~¨ A PALE SWAMP (HERONS,  MOSQUITOS).  IT'S ¨~«=*%####
####%*=«~¨ BRIGHTER  HERE,  AND THE SOUNDS  OF  THE ¨~«=*%####
####%*=«~¨ CITY  SEEM DISTANT. BUT THERE'S A SECOND ¨~«=*%####
#*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ GROVE  INSIDE. ZIG  ZAG  BETWEEN PUDDLES ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*#
####%*=«~¨ AND   SINKING    SHIPPING    CONTAINERS, ¨~«=*%####
####%*=«~¨ BECAUSE  TOWARD THE INNER  TREELINE  THE ¨~«=*%####
###%=«¨¨¨¨ GROUND      BECOMES     SOLID     AGAIN. ¨¨¨¨«=%###
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##*«¨¨¨¨¨¨  GO INSIDE. THIS TIME THERE'S A CRACKED  ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*##
#%*===~¨¨¨  PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS, ¨¨¨~===*%#
##%%**=«~¨   LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN    ¨~«=**%%##
#####%*«~¨  ABANDONED BUILDING, WHAT USED TO HOUSE  ¨~«*%#####
#**=~¨¨¨¨¨      AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS     ¨¨¨¨¨~=**#
####%*=«~¨  CHIPPING, SOME WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT  ¨~«=*%####
####%*=«~¨        THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE:       ¨~«=*%####
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####%*=«~¨             "INDIAN PALACE".             ¨~«=*%####
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